Canteen.



PATBNTED DEC. 3, 1907.

H. J. DONAHOB.

GANTEEN. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30. 1905.

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H. J. DONAHOE.

OANTBEN.

APPLICATION FILED 81121230. 1905.

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HEDLEY J. DONAHOE, OF WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CANTEEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed September 30.1905. Serial No. 280,830.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEDLEY J. DONAIIOE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of IV est Chicago, in the county of Dupage and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Canteens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is concerned with canteens and similar articles provided with a novel removable cover, and is designed to produce a device of the class described that shall be strong and serviceable, and the cover of which can be quickly removed to saturate the felt casing, and as quickly replaced.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto two sheets of drawings in which the same reference characters are used to designate identical parts of all the figures, of which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the canteen provided with my improvements, and in which the cover is represented as half removed and a portion of the felt casing broken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same with the cover secured in place. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the stay wires forming the stiffening means for the edges of the cover in their closed position Fig. 4 is a plan view of said stay wires in their open position; and Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the hooked collar adapted to secure the cover in lace.

While my novel cover may be used with any desired form of canteen, it is especially adapted for use in connection with one where the metallic body (1 is surrounded by a snugly fitting casing b of felt which is adapted to be saturated with moisture and by its gradual evaporation to maintain an even temperature of the contents of the flask in spite of changes in the atmosphere.

A cover 0 of some heavy closely woven cloth, such as canvas, is preferably employed to cover the casing b so as to retain the moisture therein as long as possible. The construction of this cover by which I am enabled to quickly remove and replace it and secure it in position, forms the subject matter of my present invention.

As will be clearly seen, the cover 0 is divided to a point slightly below the center of the canteen in order that it may be quickly slipped off when it is open to the position of Fig. 1, and for stiffening the edges so as to cause them to meet closely over the felt, I provide the stay wires d, which are preferably hinged together at their ends at e, and which are provided with the substantially semi-circular curves f which together fit snugly around the neck {1 of the canteen.

To accommodate the links ft, by which the canteen is suspended, I place in the wires (Z, the angular bends j, which together form an aperture in the cover when it is in position to accommodate the links, as clearly seen in Fig. 2. These stay wires are suitably sewed into the edges of the cover, and to secure them and consequently the cover in place, I preferably employ the projections 7c in the center of the curves f, which are formed by bending up loops in the wires at that point, and to engage these projections, I provide the collar 1', which is preferably of sheet metal, and turns snugly upon the neck 9, and is provided with the hooks m which are adapted to engage the projections 7c and hold the stay wires and consequently the cover securely in place. WVhen the cover is to be removed, a slight twist of the collar i will release the stay wires which can then be thrown apart and the cover jerked off. Then it is to be replaced, the reverse operation can be performed very rapidly.

WVhile I have shown and described my invention as embodied in the form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out the purposes, it will be understood that it is capable of modification and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims except as may be necessitated by the state of the prior art.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with the cloth body, of the stay wires in the edges thereof adapted to conform to the outline of the associated half of the canteen, projections on said wires adj acent the neck of the canteen, and the collar surrounding the neck and having the hooks to engage the projections.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with the cloth body, of the hinged stay wires in the edges thereof adapted to conform to the outline of the associated half of the canteen and provided with the semicircular portions to conform to the neck and recessed for the strap links, projections on said semi-circular portions of the stay wires, and the collar surrounding the neck and having the hooks adapted to engage the projections.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with the cloth body, of means for stifiening the edges thereof, rigid projections secured to said edges adjacent the neck of the canteen, and a collar surrounding the neck and having the hooks to engage the projections.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination With the cloth body, of the means for stifi'ening the edges adapted to conform to the outline of the associated half of the canteen, the rigid projections secured to said stiffening means adjacent the neck, and the collar surrounding the neck having the hooks to engage the projections.

5. A canteen structure comprising in com- I bination a liquid receptacle, a divided cloth 15 cover therefor, means concealed Within and stifiening the edges of said cover, rigid projections secured to said edges adjacent the neck of the canteen, a collar surrounding said neck, and means for locking the pro- 20 jections thereto, substantially as described.

HEDLEY J. DONAHOE.

Witnesses JOHN H. MoELRoY, M. S. REEDER. 

